On the field, the crowd of 6,155 saw 24 runs scored, 30 hits, two six-run innings, 13 walks, a balk, a suicide squeeze and a West Michigan Whitecaps rally in a 13-11 victory over the Bowling Green Hot Rods.

The game also took 3 hours, 46 minutes to play.

In the stands, those same 6,155 fans ate a total of 10,866 hot dogs on Dime Hot Dog Night at the ballpark.

West Michigan manager Ernie Young wasn't feeling really hungry after watching his team blow a 9-4 lead thanks to a six-run second inning and have to come back with four runs in the bottom of the eighth after the Hot Rods scored six runs of their own in the top of the eighth.

“I don't know what to say after that,” Young said. “I'm just glad we won. We hit the ball and got on base.”

That the Whitecaps did, as six players ended with multi-hit game, led by center fielder Luis Castillo, first baseman Aaron Westlake and third baseman Jason King, who all went three for five.

But the biggest hit of the night may have come from designated hitter Lance Durham, who smacked a game winning two-out, two-run double down the right field line in the bottom of the eighth.

Durham ended with four RBIs.

“We always talk about having good at-bats and a good approach,” Durham said. “He just kept pitching me slider after slider, and I was down 0-2. But I was ready, and when he gave me something to hit, I just drove the ball.”

That big hit, and huge four-run eighth inning turned what could have been an ugly West Michigan locker room into a place of relieved smiles.

That's because in the top of the eighth, Bowling Green took the lead 11-9 thanks to a six-run inning that included four hits and three of West Michigan's 10 walks issued on the night.

“We couldn't even defend their six-run inning because of all the walks,” Young said. “That is unacceptable. Today we just had a hard time throwing strikes.”

West Michigan reliever Dan Bennett issued two of those walks and blew his fourth save in the eighth, but was awarded the his fourth victory in five decisions because of the comeback and Durham's heroics.

“I've seen a lot of crazy games,” Durham said. “But good teams come back and win games like these.”